Trade Surveillance Analyst

Standard Chartered Bank - UAE

UAE

Ref: HP048-907

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

The role will be for Trade Surveillance Analyst, MENAP, Financial Markets Compliance. Working for a global surveillance team and reporting into Head, Trade Surveillance, West you will also be responsible for the analysis and investigations into alerts generated by automated and adhoc surveillance solutions and processes. You will be required to work closely with the global team members to ensure the FM surveillance agenda is executed for the remit.

Key Roles & responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Handling issues, queries, processes and systems development in alignment to FM Surveillance and/or regulatory expectations for the remit
- Daily analysis & investigation into alerts generated by Automated Trade Surveillance solutions, across Fixed Income, FX, Commodities, Derivatives and Equities
- Daily analysis and investigation into alerts generated by automated solutions for e-communications monitoring for allocated jurisdictions.
- Documenting and reporting findings of alert investigations, including execution of appropriate escalation procedures.
- Preparing reports for management regarding the status of alert investigation & escalation.
- Developing and maintaining relationships with Front Office, Control Room, Middle Office, Risk, Product Specialists, Central and regional compliance teams etc.
- Ensuring that monitoring procedures and parameters are updated to facilitate change in business and market conditions.
- Point of Contact within Hub Location to provide basic Subject Matter Expertise on Market Abuse and market misconduct.
- Other monitoring activities such as Manual monitoring, Voice Tape and Desk Reviews
- Ensures dissemination of appropriate information and training to team members and local compliance colleagues, as and when required.

Requirements

- Technical Knowledge
- Possesses technical and practical knowledge in relation to Regulatory expectations and requirements on the bank's controls set up around Market Abuse, Insider Dealing, and Market misconduct etc.
- Possesses understanding of the practical implementation and ongoing maintenance of a global, multi-product Trade Surveillance unit.
- Excellent knowledge of financial products, including typical sales and trading flow.

Compliance skills:
- Knowledge & experience in risk identification, risk assessment and regulatory understanding.
- Good track record on handling regulatory inquiries.

Analytical skills:
- Core ability to analyze relevant market abuse laws and regulations and correlate to products and business models.
- Advanced problem solving and solution finding skills.
- Core ability to carry out data mining and trend analysis.

Communications skills:
- Presentation skills: one-to-one, small group, medium audience and forums.
- Ability to use communications channels appropriate to the situation, including dispute resolution
- Ability to lead discussions around complex problems with relevant stakeholders

About the Company

Standard Chartered Bank started in 1958 in UAE with its first branch in Sharjah. The Group’s business gradually increased in Dubai with the opening of several branches and today, Dubai is the administrative hub of the Middle East and South Asia Region. In its 43rd year, the Bank enjoys the position of having the most extensive branch network among foreign international banks in UAE with 10 branches emirate-wide.

Standard Chartered is an international bank, focused on the established and emerging markets of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America with an extensive global network of more than 600 offices in over 50 countries. The three principal business groups are Global Markets, Personal Banking and Corporate and Institutional Banking.

In UAE, we are one of the leading banks, offering an extensive range of products and services for personal customers, local companies, multinational corporate and financial institutions.

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